“While [Jesus] was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on [Jesus’] head.” Mark 14:3 NIV Many of us have heard this story multiple times. We’ve been… Read More Simon the Leper: The Art of Losing

“Do I know my condition? … Do I have a grasp of what it is about me that requires the death of the God-man for me to be saved?” -John Piper I once overheard someone say, “Can a gay person actually be a Christian?”. I shuttered. I knew this wasn’t the only person out there… Read More What is ‘sin’?

I no longer want to be numb. So many nights in my past, I’ve come home from work and grabbed a drink to let reality fade just a little. I didn’t have a problem with alcohol, I had a problem with life. It wasn’t good enough. It didn’t satisfy that longing in my soul. Every weekend… Read More I Dare You

Suggested Reading: Leviticus 11:9-12 “This is what you may eat from all that is in the water: You may eat everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or streams.” Leviticus 11:9 HCSB The next category of animals God addresses animals in the water. The first thing that comes to… Read More Learning to Love Leviticus: Fishers of Men

Suggested Reading – Chapter 11: 1-8, 44-47 “This is the law concerning animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that swarm on the ground, in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.” Leviticus… Read More Learning to Love Leviticus: Divided and Digested

We live in a culture that is truly blessed. Modern medicine, disposable diapers, microwavable dinners…we may not all agree on how good each one of those things are, but I think we can all agree that the many resources we have today make life a little easier, a little safer, and a little less time-consuming.… Read More Let’s Not Forget to Praise Him

“So the person who marries does well, and the person who doesn’t marry does even better.” (1 Corinthians 7:38 TLB) This may come as a shock to you, and I hate to burst your bubble, but I have to agree with St. Paul that being “unmarried” is better. In the past, whenever I came across… Read More Being “Unmarried” Is Better